DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service 

National Institute for Occupational

 Safety and Health

 Robert A. Taft Laboratories

 4676 Columbia Parkway

 Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998 

Phone: 877-222-7570 

Fax: 513-533-6826

 July 16, 2012 

SEC Tracking Number: SEC00XXX 

Petitioner Name 

Dear XXX: 

NIOSH released its evaluation report for your Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petition. I have 

enclosed the report in this letter. We also sent the report to the Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (the Advisory Board). The Advisory Board makes recommendations whether the 

class of workers should become members of SEC. In the report, we proposed the following 

worker class be added to the SEC: 

“All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked in all buildings owned by the Ventron 

Corporation in Beverly, Massachusetts, from November 1, 1942 through December 31, 

1948, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either 

solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters 

established for one or more classes of employees included in the Special Exposure 

Cohort.” 

The above proposed worker class is based on the following: 

	 We could not locate information that all employees were routinely monitored for internal 

exposure to radioactive materials. 

	 Adequate data records do not exist to demonstrate that enough employees were 

monitored. 

	 We could not locate any monitoring records for potential external exposure. 

	 NIOSH determined that based on the information available and the lack of sufficient
 

monitoring data, we cannot adequately reconstruct or estimate employees’ individual 

dose for those members of this proposed worker class. 

Additionally, the start date of this class begins on November 1, 1942, because NIOSH found 

records that show that the Manhattan Engineer District took over weapons-related metal 

production at the site on that date. 

Now that we submitted the report to the Advisory Board, the Board will: 

1. Discuss your petition and our report on August 15, 2012, during its meeting. 

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2. Make a recommendation whether to add the class of employees from your petition to the 

SEC. 

3. After the Advisory Board makes a recommendation, it will send the recommendation to 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

The Secretary will then review the NIOSH evaluation report and the Advisory Board’s 

recommendation to make a final decision on whether to add the class of employees in your 

petition to the SEC. If the Secretary’s decision is to add a class, the Secretary will report this 

decision to Congress. Congress has 30 days to take action on the Secretary’s decision. If no 

action is taken by the end of the 30 days, the Secretary’s decision becomes final. 

The August 15, 2012, Advisory Board meeting is a teleconference meeting. It will begin at 11:00 

a.m. (Eastern Time). This meeting is open to the public. You will have an opportunity comment 

about this report during the meeting. You can also address the Advisory Board in writing, if you 

wish. You do not have to participate and may choose to only listen to the meeting. The final 

agenda for this meeting is not available at this time. When it is available to us, we will send the 

agenda for this meeting with the call-in number and pass code, should you choose to listen or 

participate. 

If you have any questions about the report or how to address the Advisory Board regarding your 

petition, please feel free to contact the NIOSH SEC petition counselor, Josh Kinman. During this 

process, Mr. Kinman can be contacted directly at 513-533-6831 or toll-free at 1-877-222-7570. 

You can also contact Mr. Kinman by email at dcas@cdc.gov. Additional information about 

DCAS and the SEC process can be found on the DCAS Web site 

(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh.ocas). 

Sincerely, 

 Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director 

 Division of Compensation Analysis and Support 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

Enclosure: SEC00XXX Evaluation Report 

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